Inside Out Library · Explore

Samplers and stitches; a handbook of the embroiderer's art (1921)

Christie, Grace, "Mrs. A.H. Christie." · London, B.T. Batsford ltd · leaf 73

An illustration from Samplers and stitches; a handbook of the embroiderer's art, 1921, leaf 73
SAMPLERS AND STITCHES 34 stitchery is used to take the place of colour. On a window-blind, for example, colour would be useless, but patterned stitchery effective. The same would be true when working in white thread upon a dark material or the reverse. It is in such cases as these that the above… … under the two threads as fig. 46. i-oop sutch. shown in the diagram. When the thread is pulled through, a knot will be seen upon the right side of the first stitch. Repeat the process on the left side of the same stitch so as to place a second knot upon it. When forming these first two knots, it is…

Samplers · Embroidery

Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Samplers and stitches; a handbook of the embroiderer's art

More like this